Stylish leader’s words are emperor’s new clothes

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President Karzai has shown himself unwilling or unable to address the rot of nepotism and corruption within his regime

The man once hailed as the world’s best dressed statesman has claimed few
other accolades in the ten years since he inherited the ruins of
Afghanistan, and he has proved an increasingly fickle ally for Nato and the
West. Crucially, President Karzai has shown himself unwilling or unable to
address the rot of nepotism and corruption within his regime.

Yet, to his credit, he has held Afghanistan together. When America was still
to commit itself fully in the early years, he juggled the competing demands
of warlords and tribal chiefs. More recently, he has endured countless
rebukes from equally fickle